Pinch waver



Nov; 18, 1930. A. GOODMAN ET AL 1,781,812

PINdH WAVER Filed June 19. 1929 INVENTOR ABRAHAMGOOOMA/K azcoa saaa/vmv,

ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES FATE ABRAHAM Goommn AND JACOB GOODMAN, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PINCH WAVER- Application filed ifune 19, 1929. Serial No. 372,080.

This invention relates to hair wavers and has for an obj ect to provide a simple and inexpensive device by means of which hair may be waved to produce a type of wave com- 5 monly known as a pinch wave.

A further object is to provide a device which may be used by women for waving their own hair," and is adapted to be used either on long or short hair. I

A still further object is to provide a device which will conform to the curvature ofthe head and which will keep the hair and hold it within the confines of the device to produce a wave.

7 Another object is to provide a device which is stron and durable in construction but light in weig t.

With this and other objects inview, the

invention consists of novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which, a

Fig. 1 is a side view of the device with its tongue open.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the tongue closed, a portion of the device being partly broken away to show the catch which holds the free end of the tongue.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view onthe line 3-3 of Fig. 2. The device comprises a channel member 1 ofsubstantially U-shape cross-section having a top portion and two parallel side portions. The channel is curved or arched in the'direction of its length to conformvgenerally to the curvature of the head. V I

The lower edges 2 of the side portions of the'channel may be rolled outwardly as best seen in Fig. 3. V This provides a smooth surface upon which the device can rest on the head without likelihood of cutting or breaking any of the hairs. It furthermore strengthens the device and prevents the side portions of the channelfrom being bent or bulging out of'shape.

The channnel is preferably stamped or fashioned from a single piece of aluminum or other suitable metal. WVe prefer to make the device of aluminum because of its light- 50 ness and its suitability for'use for this purpose. In order to permit of circulation of air through the channel, so as toassist in drying the hair, and to further reduce the weight I of the device, the top and side portions of the channel are preferably formed with perforations 3. Y

A pair of opposed ears or lugs 4 are formed at one end of the channel, and a'catch or hook 5.is formed at the opposite end thereof.

The tongue or bar 6 is arched .in'the direction of its lengthand is pivotally secured between the opposed ears tby means of a rivet 1 I or eye 7. In its closed position, thefree end 1 of the tongue is caught and held in the catch 5.

. main in' the hair until the wave has been 7 formed or set after which'it may be removed and then reused for forming another wave. If desired a plurality of these devices may be used in the hair at one time so as toform a series of waves. i Various modifications may be made-inthe details ofthe construction herein described .without departing from the scope of the claims. 7

.VVhatwe claim is:'

1. A pinch waver comprisinga channel member having a substantially continuous top portion'and parallel side portions, said channel member being archedlengthwise, an 7 arched tongue of singlecurvaturepivotally secured to one end of the channel member and, extending lengthwise thereof'intermediate'its parallel side portions, and a catch at r the opposite end of the channel to engage and hold the free end of'the tongue in closed 7 position. e

2. A pinch waver comprising a channel member formed of a single piece of metal bent in substantially U-shape to provide a substantially continuous top portion and two parallel side portions, a tongue pivotally secured to one end of the channel member and adapted to pinch a lock of hair between the tongue and the inner surface of the top portion of the channel throughout substantially its entire length, and a catch at the opposite end of the channel member to engage and hold the free end of the tongue in closed position. o r a 4 ABRAHAM GOODMAN.

JACOB GOODMAN. 

